Back To School The February 27th 8.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled Chile delayed the start of the school year last week.  But after a week of structural engineers checking the nations schools,  1.8 million students will begin their school year today.   1.1 million of the students in Santiago, 283,000 in the 5th Region and 120,000 in the 6th region will be able to return classes. Many problems... 

Michelle Bachelet Today, President Michelle Bachelet will travel by plane to the city of Mar del Plata in Argentina. This will be one of her last travels before she leaves her position on March 11st. This time she will meet the president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, and both will inaugurate the “Velas Sudamérica 2010” regatta which will celebrate the bicentenaries of both countries. Michelle... 

Police Traffic Operations With the return to work and school looming in Chile,the Carabineros, Chile’s  uniformed Police Service, are putting special precautions into plan this weekend to deal the influx of cars expected on the roads Saturday and Sunday. An estimated 250,000 cars filled with holidaymakers are expected to return to the city between today and Sunday,  ahead of the Monday, March... 

Mega Man 10's boxart After the big success of 2008’s old school revival from Mega Man 9, Capcom has decided to give players another nostalgia trip in Mega Man 10. Following the footsteps of its prequel, Mega Man 10 again uses the 8-bit graphics seen on the first 6 Mega Man titles on the Nintendo Entertainment System. However, the prequel was a 100% old school title even in terms of difficulty,... 

The crashed car In the front of Clínica Santa María there is an encrusted car which crashed there during last night. The car was coming from the Bellavista neighborhood and it also crashed with two trees in the road before impacting the hospital itself. According to witnesses, one of the people on the car, who is an American, ran away in a cab that took him to a hotel in the east side of Santiago.... 

I Love Chile members Ozkar Herrera, Pascal Mathieu and Jorge Villegas with the Trophy The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour started today at Estación Mapocho, today only the press and selected people were allowed in. After coming in, we were shown several soccer and African-themed amusements; we saw dancers and players doing all kinds of tricks. After that, we were taken to a big room which held a cocktail... 

TvC's boxart Tatsunoko vs Capcom (or just TvC) is a fighting game for the Nintendo Wii which puts together characters from the famous videogame company Capcom (known for hits such as Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil and many others) against Tatsunoko productions (an animation production company responsible of old school cartoons such as Speed Racer, Samurai Pizza Cats, G-Force and many others).... 

VTR Logo VTR is the most popular cable operator in Chile, and most of their customers have contracted their services only because of CDF (Canal del Fútbol, a channel that has the exclusive rights to broadcast all the important national soccer games). Last week, a message showed up on their channel saying that VTR could not reach an agreement with CDF to extend the contract for this year since CDF... 

María Teresa Dowling María Teresa Dowling was the sister of Rafael Dowling, an entrepreneur from Osorno and also the wife of General Patricio Toro Tasara, who was the commander of the Third Army Division in Valdivia until 2008.  According to eyewitness reports, Mrs. Dowling was last seen in the gym of the Hotel Le Montana in Haití, where most Chilean officials and their families stay while in the... 

Photo courtesy: Jorge Villegas At approximately 9:30 am, three I Love Chile staff members, Liat Oren, Jorge Villegas and Agnes Sellgren were on their way to see “La Pequeña Gigante” (The Little Girl Giant) at O’Higgins Park, the initiation place for this giant marionette. As the three staff members were approaching the park, they noticed a sea of excited people with baskets of food and drinks,...